OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The median citation count of Language Assessment Quarterly is 1. The table below lists those papers that are above that threshold based on CrossRef citation counts [max. 250 papers]. The publications cover those that have been published in the past four years, i.e., from 2022-05-01 to 2026-05-01.)

Article	Citations
Assessing Interactional Competence: ICE versus a Human Partner	39
Young Learners’ Cognitive Processes in Picture-Based Causal Explanation Speaking Tasks: Synchronizing Eye Movements with Speech Production	36
Assessing Pre-Service Teachers’ Knowledge and Attitudes Towards Language Testing for Citizenship Through LAMAS (Language Accreditation for Migration Attitudes Scale)	34
Aligning Language Frameworks: An Example with the CLB and CEFR	24
A Corpus-Based Multimodal Analysis of Written Assignments in the Target Language Use Domain: Implications for L2 Multimodal Writing Task Design and Assessment	22
Introducing Second Language Assessment	21
An Interview with Timothy Francis McNamara	17
Content Analysis of Test Taker Responses on an AP Japanese Computer-Simulated Conversation Test: A Mixed Methods Approach for A Validity Argument	17
Extra Time as an Access Arrangement in Digital Listening Tasks for L2 Learners with Literacy Difficulties	15
Validity Arguments for Automated Essay Scoring of Young Students’ Writing Traits	14
Looking Back and Forward: Language Assessment Insights from Constant Leung	14
Multimodality in Second Language Assessment	14
Animation Videos in a Computer-Based Listening-Speaking Integrated Task: An Eye-Tracking and Mixed-Methods Study on Test-Taking Processes	13
Advancing Language Assessment with AI and ML–Leaning into AI is Inevitable, but Can Theory Keep Up?	12
L2 writing assessment: An evolutionary perspective	11
Washback into an Ecosystem of Teaching, Learning and Testing within Asia and Beyond: An Interview with Liying Cheng	11
Labor-Based Grading Contracts: Building Equity and Inclusion in the Writing Classroom	10
A Review on Language Assessment Literacy: Trends, Foci and Contributions	10
The Role of Gazing Behaviors in Navigating Paired Role-Play Interactional Competence Assessment Tasks	10
The Development and Initial Validation of O-WSVLT, a Meaning-Recall Online L2 Spanish Vocabulary Levels Test	9
The Passage is Too Brief for Comprehension: On the Construct Validity of the English Reading Section in the Korean College Scholastic Ability Test	8
The Academic Achievement of Undergraduate Students with Different English Language Proficiency Profiles	8
At the Interface of Language Testing and Language Teaching: An Interview with Lianzhen He	7
The Use of Assistive Technologies Including Generative AI by Test Takers in Language Assessment: A Debate of Theory and Practice	6
Dimensionality of Written Accuracy: Exploring the Factor Structure of Linguistic Accuracy Measures	6

Challenges and Innovations in Speaking Assessment	5
Learning to Assess: Cultivating Assessment Capacity in Teacher Education	5
Application of Cognitive Diagnostic Assessment to the Test of Chinese as a Heritage Language (Reading)	5
Automatic Speaking Assessment of Spontaneous L2 Finnish and Swedish	5
Ethics and Context in Second Language Testing: Rethinking Validity in Theory and Practice.	4
Second Language Identity: Awareness, Ideology, and Assessment in Higher Education	3
Contributing to Multimodal Construct Definition and Operationalization: Insights from Research into Language Assessment Accommodations	3
Investigating Second Language (L2) Reading Subskill Associations: A Cognitive Diagnosis Approach	3
Learning-Oriented Language Assessment: Putting Theory into Practice *Learning-Oriented Language Assessment: Putting Theory into Practice*	3
Informing Q-Matrix Specification with Exploratory Factor Analysis in Cognitive Diagnostic Assessment of Language Comprehension	3
A Study on Peer Mediation in Dynamic Assessment of Translation Revision Competence	3
Assessing Multimodal Compositions in EAP Context: Raters’ Perceptions and Operationalization of Assessment Criteria	2
Fostering Self-Regulated Young Writers: Dynamic Assessment of Metacognitive Competence in Secondary School EFL Class	2
Another Generation of Fundamental Considerations in Language Assessment: A Festschrift in Honor of Lyle F. Bachman	2
Test Review: ACTFL Assessment of Performance Toward Proficiency in Languages (AAPPL)	2
Assessing Academic English for Higher Education Admissions	2
Remote Proctoring in Language Testing: Implications for Fairness and Justice	2
Comparability Between Graded Readers and the Common Test in Japan in Terms of Text Difficulty Perceived by Learners	2
Gazing into Cognition: Eye Behavior in Online L2 Speaking Tests	2
Twenty Years of Language Assessment Quarterly : An Interview with LAQ Founder Antony Kunnan	2
The Role of Vocabulary in Speaking: Voices from Learners and Raters	2
An Empirical Evaluation of Lexical Diversity Indices in L2 Korean Writing Assessment	2
Reconsidering Context in Language Assessment: Transdisciplinary Perspectives, Social Theories, and Validity	1
Developing a Scenario-Based English Language Assessment in an Asian University	1
Talking and Thinking About Systems: An Interview with Nick Saville	1
Advancing L2 Dynamic Assessment: Innovations in Chinese Contexts	1
Examining the Scoring of Content Integration in a Listening-Speaking Test: A G-Theory Analysis	1
Test Review: LanguageCert IESOL B1 (Achiever) SELT	1
The Diagnosis of Writing in a Second or Foreign Language	1
Embracing Multimodality to Overhaul Assessment of English for Academic Purposes: Task Design and Validation	1
Promoting Learning Potential among Students of L2 Chinese through Dynamic Assessment	1
Local Language Testing: Practice across Contexts.	1
A Three-Step DIF Analysis of a Reading Comprehension Test Across Regional Dialects to Improve Test Score Validity	1
Evaluating Fairness and Justice of External English Language Test Score Interpretation and Use for Japanese University Admission	1
Dynamic Assessment of the Learning Potential of Chinese as a Second Language	1
Test Takers’ Attitudes Toward Varieties of Accents in Listening Tasks of the Duolingo English Test (2021 test version)	1
In Memoriam: Timothy Francis McNamara (1949-2023)	1
Quality in Second Language Classroom Assessment: Controversies, Challenges, and the Need for Research on Teacher Conceptions and Practices	1
On the Interplay Between Conceptions of Assessment and Assessment Agency: Perspectives of Iranian EFL Preservice Teachers	1
Assessing Multimodal Viewing-to-Write Constructs: Task Design, Performance, Processing, and Rating	1
A Review of Pearson’s Versant English Speaking and Listening Test (VESLT)	1
EFL Development of Micro Reading Abilities: The Impact of Three Intervention Approaches Informed by Diagnostic Language Assessment	1
Development of a Sign Repetition Task for Novice L2 Signers	1